On 12 October the author Lynsey Hanley, Conservative London Assembly Member Shaun Bailey, Prof Colin Copus, Prof Patrick Dunleavy and campaigner Clare Coatman launched our 2017 Audit of UK Democracy at the LSE with a discussion of the Grenfell Tower fire. What lessons does the disaster hold for the way local government functions, for regulation and for social housing in the UK? The event was introduced by the chair of the trustees of Democratic Audit, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, and chaired by Dr Jonathan Hopkin.